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SIXTY-NINTH cononnss. sm 1. pcs. ::44; me. 571 terminal landing` Hel ahallthereupon be available for expenditure under the direetioniia? the Secretary of Commerce, in of the Postmaster General, for the purposes for which such appropriations were made. Nofpaxtof such unexpended balances of a propriationa *““'°‘*°‘“‘°'b*""°°- shall be used ogdgixe purchase or establishment of] airports or terminal` ` landing` s (b) The `Secmtary of Commerce is authorized to designate and §Q{“,.;‘_fg;¤{”;w, on establish civil airways and, within the limits of available appro- priations hereafter made by the~,Congress, (1) to establish, operate, and along such airways all necessary air navigation facilities except airports; and g) to chart such airways and arrange for publication of maps of su airways, utilizing the facilities and assistance of existing agencies of the Government so far as practi- _ cable. The Secretaryof Commerce shall grant no exclusive right ,,°I`;‘,?_$‘,,‘j,‘,;’_“"° ““’“°° for the use of any civil airway, aixgcgrt, emergency landing Held, or other air navigation facilit imder ' 'urisdiction. (c) Air navigation facilities owned or operated by the United _,,§“§,‘}°m"$,9g8‘{§0,§"§j States may be made available for public use under such conditions cwes- and to such extent as the head 0 the department or other inde- perardent establishment having bgurisdiction thereof deems advisable an may re ation rescri . (d) The liemildlf any. Covernment department or other independent p,§°é,$,$f;§;§§;_,Q“§; establishment having jurisdiction over any airgort or emergency G<;L>rg:¤1g:$1g_yz¤%<;$ landing Held owned or operated by the United tates may provide p° for the sale to any aircraft of fuel, oil, equipment, and sigpplies, and the furnishing to it of mechamcal service, temporary clter and other assistance under such regulations as the head of the department or establishment may prescribe, but only if such action is by reason of an emergency necessary to the con- tinuance of such aircraft on its course to the nearest airport operated by private enter rise. All such articles shall be sold ‘m°°°l ""°'”’°°°‘ » and such assistance ed at the fair market value prevailing locally as ascertained by the head of such department or estab- lishment. All amounts received under this subdivision shall be Di-*¤>°¤¤l °* *¤<=°iP'¤· covered into the Treasury; but that part of such amounts which, in the judgment of the head of t e department or establish- ment, is mvalent to the cost of the fuel, oil, ecpgpment, supplies, services, ziielter, or other assistance so sold or rnished shall be credited to the a pmpgiation from which such cost was paid, and the balance, if any, dhall credited to miscellaneous receipts. “ e (e) Section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the eiliciency $*:8****** B¤¤¤*¤· and reduce the e use of the Signal Corps of the Army, and to ,d_°‘2°’ °‘°53"“”°"°' transfer the Wealihiir Service to the Department of Agriculture,*’ approved Octoblir 1, 1830, is; sgnended by adding at the end thereof anew para a torea as o ows: “ Withingzllici) limits of the appropriations which may be made for Q; Br‘g°•*}Dr§£ such purpose, it shall be the duty of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, casts, eee., lz sx} navi- under theedirection of the Secretary of Agriculture, (a) to furnish “°g§’,§,°f`"m_ such weather reports, forecasts, warnings, and advices as may be · required to romote the safety and eiiiciency of air navigation in the United gtatesand above the highseas, particularly upon civil airways designated by the Secretary of Commerce under authority of law as routes suitable for air commerce, and (b) for such purposes ,,·'g'j,‘{,},°f‘§Q‘f"° °"°°" to observe, measure, and investigate atmospheric phenomena, and establish meteorological oilices and stations} _ _ (f) Nothin in this Act shall be construed to prevent the b,L§‘§§§,§,§d“'§§”S,{.? Secretary of %’ar from designating routes in the navigable airspace mm MW"- as military airways and prescribing rules and regulations for the use thereof on routes which do not conform to civil airways estab- lished hereunder, or to prevent the Secretary of Commerce from